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3232136940126Man Utd news: David De Gea reveals what Luis Muriel told him after his wonder savehttp://raidargist.com/man-utd-news-david-de-gea-reveals-what-luis-muriel-told-him-after-his-wonder-save/
http://raidargist.com/man-utd-news-david-de-gea-reveals-what-luis-muriel-told-him-after-his-wonder-save/#respondThu, 22 Feb 2018 04:32:33 +0000http://raidargist.com/man-utd-news-david-de-gea-reveals-what-luis-muriel-told-him-after-his-wonder-save/Luis Muriel congratulated David De Gea on his wonder save. (BT Sport) David De Gea has revealed that Luis Muriel complemented him on his superb save during Manchester United’s goalless draw with Sevilla on Wednesday evening. United were under pressure towards the end of the first half and looked like conceding before De Gea pulled […]

]]>http://raidargist.com/man-utd-news-david-de-gea-reveals-what-luis-muriel-told-him-after-his-wonder-save/feed/030637Soldiers frogmarch pupil to death for lateness …as Zamfara teacher flogs another to death – Punch Newspapershttp://raidargist.com/soldiers-frogmarch-pupil-to-death-for-lateness-as-zamfara-teacher-flogs-another-to-death-punch-newspapers/
http://raidargist.com/soldiers-frogmarch-pupil-to-death-for-lateness-as-zamfara-teacher-flogs-another-to-death-punch-newspapers/#respondThu, 22 Feb 2018 04:13:59 +0000http://raidargist.com/soldiers-frogmarch-pupil-to-death-for-lateness-as-zamfara-teacher-flogs-another-to-death-punch-newspapers/Samson Folarin The family of Queendaline Ekezie, a 15-year-old pupil of Army Day Secondary School, Obinze, Owerri, Imo State, are inconsolable after two soldiers in the school allegedly snuffed life out of her during a rigorous punishment. The soldiers were reported to have asked her to frogmarch after she arrived at school late on Thursday. […]

The family of Queendaline Ekezie, a 15-year-old pupil of Army Day Secondary School, Obinze, Owerri, Imo State, are inconsolable after two soldiers in the school allegedly snuffed life out of her during a rigorous punishment.

The soldiers were reported to have asked her to frogmarch after she arrived at school late on Thursday.

The victim, who became exhausted after repeating the exercise several times, was said to have collapsed.

She was reportedly rushed to an army hospital where she died.

Her father, Hyginus, on hearing the news, passed out and was rushed to a hospital in the community for treatment.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Queendaline, who was in Junior Secondary School 3, was with a colleague, Delight Aguocha, a JSS 2 pupil, when the incident happened.

Aguocha told our correspondent that the rigour of the punishment killed her friend.

She said, “On that day, we had set out at 7am. We waited for a motorcycle to take us to school till it was 8am. When we became frustrated, we decided to board a commercial cab. But the driver did not leave the motor park until the car was filled with passengers.

“When we got to school at 9am, we met three sets of late comers on the ground. Two soldiers were asking each set to do frogmarch to a particular distance after which they picked their bags and entered their classes.

“When it was our turn, we were about reaching the finishing line when they said we were not doing it right and we should start again. After we repeated it, we went to pick our school bags, but one of the soldiers said he was still not satisfied.

“I completed the punishment the third time and I picked my bag and left. I suddenly discovered that my friend was not with me. When I returned to the place, I saw her crying. She started vomiting the food she ate that morning. She was saying, ‘my back, my chest.’ The soldiers were just staring at us.”

She added that while the 15-year-old groaned with pain, a teacher who was just arriving in the school, observed her and asked if she had been sick before the time.

Aguocha said she insisted that her friend was healthy, adding that the school principal, who also later arrived, joined in examining her.

The victim, who could no longer walk, was reportedly carried into the principal’s car en route to the army hospital.

The friend said Queendaline was given an injection and later put on a drip.

“After they put on the drip, she started vomiting blood. Blood was spurting out of her nostrils, mouth and ears. I called the teacher to inform her and she alerted a nurse who said her condition had worsened,” she added.

The victim’s sister, Immaculate, a Senior Secondary School 3 pupil in the school, said her sister was not given adequate medical attention which contributed to her death.

She said, “On that Thursday, she left for school before me. But because she had a delay, I got to school earlier.

“I was called around 10am that she was in the hospital. They didn’t put her on oxygen and the drip had stopped flowing. When I saw her, she was vomiting blood and shouting. She suddenly became still and the nurse asked us to leave. They announced that she was dead.”

Immaculate said her sister’s dream of becoming a lawyer and fighting for human rights had been destroyed, adding that the soldiers should be held responsible.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the remains of the victim were deposited in the Federal Medical Centre mortuary, Owerri.

Our correspondent was told that the news of the victim’s death shook her hometown in Umuoso Mgbuisii, in the Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo State.

It was learnt that the deceased was the second of five children.

Her mother, Applonia, was too distraught to speak with our correspondent.

But the brother, Okechukwu, said the family wanted Queendaline buried and the family compensated.

The Chairman of the Ohaji/Egbema LGA, Ebenezer Amadi, said he was “deeply saddened” by the death because the victim was his uncle’s daughter.

He said the community was awaiting the report of the autopsy to determine its next line of action.

He said, “The soldiers came to meet the family for a meeting, but the meeting could not hold because the girl’s father fainted out of shock. From what we heard, she was being punished for the first time when she slumped and died. So, I cannot make any categorical statement until we see the result of the autopsy.”

The 82 Division’s spokesman and Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said it would be premature to comment on the incident as the Imo State Ministry of Education had planned to issue a statement on it on Thursday (today).

In a related development, a teacher at Government Day Secondary School, Sankalawa, in the Bungudu LGA of Zamfara has allegedly flogged a student to death.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident was revealed on Wednesday by the Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar-Gummi.

The deputy speaker, who spoke under Matters of Urgent Public Importance during the Assembly’s sitting in Gusau, said the House had received several reports on the issue.

According to him, another incident at Government Female Day Secondary School, Kwatarkwashi, led to the injury of a student in the school after the vice principal allegedly subjected her to heavy punishment.

Gummi said, “These problems, apart from discouraging our children from acquiring education, also revealed the poor attitude to work by teachers in this state.”

The Speaker, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, described the actions of the teachers as unfortunate and vowed that the Assembly would not allow the matter to pass.

“It is part of our responsibilities to ensure effective security and good learning atmosphere for our children for their future development, therefore, we cannot allow teachers to continue harassing our children from schools,” he said.

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]]>http://raidargist.com/soldiers-frogmarch-pupil-to-death-for-lateness-as-zamfara-teacher-flogs-another-to-death-punch-newspapers/feed/030636North Korea cancelled historic meeting with America at the last minutehttp://raidargist.com/north-korea-cancelled-historic-meeting-with-america-at-the-last-minute/
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North Korea “dangled” a historic meeting with US officials during the Winter Olympics but cancelled at the last minute, the Trump administration has revealed.

Ahead of Mike Pence‘s visit to Pyeongchang, where the Vice President led the US delegation to the opening ceremony, officials said they had requested no meeting with North Korea – but left open the possibility one could occur.

Now, more than a week after Mr Pence returned to the US, the State Department says a meeting had been discussed before North Korea “walked away”.

Mr Pence had been “ready to take this opportunity” but would have used it to insist Pyongyang abandon its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, a State official said on Tuesday night.

“North Korea dangled a meeting in hopes of the Vice President softening his message, which would have ceded the world stage for their propaganda during the Olympics,” Mr Pence’s chief of staff, Nick Ayers, said in a statement.

But after Mr Pence condemned North Korean human rights abuses and announced plans for new economic sanctions, “they walked away from a meeting or perhaps they were never sincere about sitting down,” Mr Ayers said.

North Korea cheerleading squad ‘army of beauties’ at the Winter Olympics

Mr Pence was set to meet with North Korean officials, including Kim Yo-jong, the sister of Kim Jong-un, the country’s leader, and its nominal head of state, Kim Yong-nam.

“The President made a decision that if they wanted to talk, we would deliver our uncompromising message,” Mr Ayers added. “If they asked for a meeting, we would meet.

“He also made clear that until they agreed to complete denuclearisation we weren’t going to change any of our positions or negotiate,” Mr Ayers added, echoing comments made by Mr Pence since he left the Olympics and other US officials.

“This administration will stand in the way of Kim’s desire to whitewash their murderous regime with nice photo ops at the Olympics. Perhaps that’s why they walked away from a meeting or perhaps they were never sincere about sitting down.”

The statement seemed to contradict North Korea’s own claim it had no interest in meeting with Mr Pence while he was in Pyeongchang.

“We have no intention to meet with the US side during the stay in South Korea,” a Foreign Ministry official was quoted as saying by the North’s official news agency the day Mr Pence arrived in South Korea. “We are not going to use such a sports festival as the Winter Olympics as a political lever. There is no need to do so.”

North Korea Military Parade

A potential high-level interaction between the US and North Korea, which would have broken years of estrangement between the two countries, loomed prominently over the Winter Games, where North Korea made a last-minute move to send its athletes to compete on a combined team with South Korea, the host of the games.

Since taking office, the Trump administration has been working to increase economic pressure on the North to abandon its nuclear programmes while also threatening military action, insisting at the same time that a diplomatic solution would be preferable for all sides.

Mr Pence’s guest for the Olympic Opening Ceremonies was Fred Warmbier, the father of Otto Warmbier, the US student who died in 2017 shortly after he was released from North Korean detention.

The Vice President also announced in the run-up to his visit that the Trump administration was preparing to unveil a particularly tough round of sanctions punishing the North for its nuclear weapons programme.

Mr Pence’s trip came after Donald Trump hosted a group of North Korean defectors in the Oval Office, including Ji Seong-ho, whom the President had referenced in his State of the Union address.

The White House cast the meeting as part of the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign to counter the North Korean nuclear program. The plan centres around rallying the international community to further isolate North Korea both diplomatically and economically.

]]>http://raidargist.com/hospitals-overwhelmed-by-bombing-of-damascus-suburbs/feed/030634“It’s like cottage cheese”: Disgusting moment middle-aged man gets huge cyst he’s had since 16 poppedhttp://raidargist.com/its-like-cottage-cheese-disgusting-moment-middle-aged-man-gets-huge-cyst-hes-had-since-16-popped-9/
http://raidargist.com/its-like-cottage-cheese-disgusting-moment-middle-aged-man-gets-huge-cyst-hes-had-since-16-popped-9/#respondThu, 22 Feb 2018 03:57:35 +0000http://raidargist.com/its-like-cottage-cheese-disgusting-moment-middle-aged-man-gets-huge-cyst-hes-had-since-16-popped-9/This is the stomach-churning moment a middle-aged man went to get a cyst – which he’s had on his shoulder since he was 16 – popped on his shoulder. And he even made sure the momentous occasion was filmed so it could be shared with the rest of the world. It is not clear from […]

]]>http://raidargist.com/its-like-cottage-cheese-disgusting-moment-middle-aged-man-gets-huge-cyst-hes-had-since-16-popped-9/feed/030633Trump, others mourn evangelist Billy Graham – Raidar Gisthttp://raidargist.com/trump-others-mourn-evangelist-billy-graham-raidar-gist/
http://raidargist.com/trump-others-mourn-evangelist-billy-graham-raidar-gist/#respondThu, 22 Feb 2018 03:41:32 +0000http://raidargist.com/trump-others-mourn-evangelist-billy-graham-raidar-gist/U.S. evangelist Billy Graham spoke in the East Berlin Gethsemane Church in 1990 U.S. President Donald Trump was among world’s prominent men who mourned the death of Rev. Billy Graham on Wednesday after he called the evangelist “a very special man” who will be dearly missed. Trump as usual took to his twitter handle to […]

U.S. evangelist Billy Graham spoke in the East Berlin Gethsemane Church in 1990

U.S. President Donald Trump was among world’s prominent men who mourned the death of Rev. Billy Graham on Wednesday after he called the evangelist “a very special man” who will be dearly missed.

Trump as usual took to his twitter handle to honour the evangelist saying, “The GREAT Billy Graham is dead,”

“There was nobody like him! He will be missed by Christians and all religions. A very special man.”

Trump tweets for Billy Graham

Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday at age 99.

Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina, spokesman Mark DeMoss said.

Vice President Pence called Graham “one of the greatest Americans of the century.”

“Billy Graham’s ministry for the gospel of Jesus Christ and his matchless voice changed the lives of millions,” Pence said.

“We mourn his passing but I know with absolute certainty that today he heard those words, ‘well done good and faithful servant.’ Thank you Billy Graham.”

Former President George H.W. Bush referred to Graham as “America’s pastor” and recalled Graham visiting his family in Maine, where they would take boat rides and “talk about life.”

“His faith in Christ and his totally honest evangelical spirit inspired people across the country and around the world.

“I think Billy touched the hearts of not only Christians, but people of all faiths, because he was such a good man. I was privileged to have him as a personal friend,” Bush said.

]]>http://raidargist.com/trump-others-mourn-evangelist-billy-graham-raidar-gist/feed/030631“It’s like cottage cheese”: Disgusting moment middle-aged man gets huge cyst he’s had since 16 poppedhttp://raidargist.com/its-like-cottage-cheese-disgusting-moment-middle-aged-man-gets-huge-cyst-hes-had-since-16-popped-8/
http://raidargist.com/its-like-cottage-cheese-disgusting-moment-middle-aged-man-gets-huge-cyst-hes-had-since-16-popped-8/#respondThu, 22 Feb 2018 02:56:31 +0000http://raidargist.com/its-like-cottage-cheese-disgusting-moment-middle-aged-man-gets-huge-cyst-hes-had-since-16-popped-8/This is the stomach-churning moment a middle-aged man went to get a cyst – which he’s had on his shoulder since he was 16 – popped on his shoulder. And he even made sure the momentous occasion was filmed so it could be shared with the rest of the world. It is not clear from […]

]]>http://raidargist.com/its-like-cottage-cheese-disgusting-moment-middle-aged-man-gets-huge-cyst-hes-had-since-16-popped-8/feed/030630”If you buy designer clothes before you have designed and built your own house, what you are doing in essence is designing your own poverty” — Reno Omokrihttp://raidargist.com/if-you-buy-designer-clothes-before-you-have-designed-and-built-your-own-house-what-you-are-doing-in-essence-is-designing-your-own-poverty-reno-omokri/
http://raidargist.com/if-you-buy-designer-clothes-before-you-have-designed-and-built-your-own-house-what-you-are-doing-in-essence-is-designing-your-own-poverty-reno-omokri/#respondThu, 22 Feb 2018 02:33:40 +0000http://raidargist.com/if-you-buy-designer-clothes-before-you-have-designed-and-built-your-own-house-what-you-are-doing-in-essence-is-designing-your-own-poverty-reno-omokri/Motivational speaker, politician and religious activist, Reno Omokri has taken to his micro blogging twitter handle to warn followers of lavish spending especially on clothes, stressing that luxury wears would have very little value while building oneself a house tend to have more. The writer-cum-lawyer was clear in his choice of words in passing across […]

Motivational speaker, politician and religious activist, Reno Omokri has taken to his micro blogging twitter handle to warn followers of lavish spending especially on clothes, stressing that luxury wears would have very little value while building oneself a house tend to have more.

The writer-cum-lawyer was clear in his choice of words in passing across his message in the post in which he wrote,..

”If you buy designer clothes before you have designed and built your own house, what you are doing in essence is designing your own poverty. Designer clothes have very little second have value, but a house have first, second, third, fourth and even fifth hand value. #RenosNuggets

The media personality is well known for his thought provoking nuggets and words of wisdom which he normally uses to admonish his followers on the Twitter website.

]]>http://raidargist.com/if-you-buy-designer-clothes-before-you-have-designed-and-built-your-own-house-what-you-are-doing-in-essence-is-designing-your-own-poverty-reno-omokri/feed/030629Watch: Angelina Jolie's Makeup Artist Re-Creates One of Her Red Carpet Lookshttp://raidargist.com/watch-angelina-jolies-makeup-artist-re-creates-one-of-her-red-carpet-looks-3/
http://raidargist.com/watch-angelina-jolies-makeup-artist-re-creates-one-of-her-red-carpet-looks-3/#respondThu, 22 Feb 2018 02:29:22 +0000http://raidargist.com/watch-angelina-jolies-makeup-artist-re-creates-one-of-her-red-carpet-looks-3/Matin is a celebrity makeup artist who has enlivened and enhanced the features of A-list actresses like Claire Danes, Gal Gadot, and even Angelina Jolie. He approaches makeup like an art, creating looks that are as poised and elegant as the stars who wear them. Here he walks us through a look that he previously […]

Matin is a celebrity makeup artist who has enlivened and enhanced the features of A-list actresses like Claire Danes, Gal Gadot, and even Angelina Jolie. He approaches makeup like an art, creating looks that are as poised and elegant as the stars who wear them.

Here he walks us through a look that he previously created for one of Jolie’s many red carpet appearances. It features fresh skin, a neutral lip, and a darkly diffused smoky eye (in other words, it’s kind of Jolie’s trademark look). As expected, the end result is stunning. But rest assured that even though it looks complex and quite honestly like the closest thing to perfection we’ve ever seen, it’s not difficult to re-create. (We know because we tried it out for ourselves immediately after viewing this video.) Along the way, we’re able to see some of Matin’s most loved products, including a French face and body oil, a drugstore lip balm, and a handmade kajal eyeliner. To see everything for yourself, watch the full video above.

“Whenever I start makeup, I start with a good facial massage. Sometimes I use a face mask, depending on what the condition of the skin is. This one is an oil I’m using from Leonor Greyl, and it’s called Beauty Secret Oil. It’s a beauty oil that keeps the skin glowy, and it’s wonderful during the wintertime to keep everything looking fresh.” “I go right into a mattifying moisturizer just to get rid of the shine on the t-zone or wherever the skin gets super shiny,” he says. This one is from Chantecaille, and it’s an anti-pollution moisturizer, meaning that it minimizes the impact of damaging free radicals on your skin. Next he uses “a little bit of lip oil or lip balm.” He reaches for a vitamin enriched Chapstick product. “I usually let the lip soak the oil while I’m doing the makeup so it’s always nice and fresh.” “Foundation I use a little bit differently than most people. I use it only to even out the skin tone and not to really cover. The problem with covering too much is that you get that mask-y looking skin all over the face. It’s very important to use a smaller detailed brush or a sponge and only use it where you need to even out the tone, get rid of some redness, or take some of the sun damage out. But the foundation is not supposed to be used as a cover-up. That comes later with concealer.” “Next step is a concealer, and this is an important step, also. You want to choose a concealer that not only matches the skin but also a concealer that doesn’t cake and doesn’t get too heavy under the eyes especially.” Make sure you’re using the minimum amount that you need. “One of the biggest mistakes is using too much concealer, especially on the outer sides of the eyes.” “I’m using a little brightening powder by Laura Mercier here. I’m using a very fluffy synthetic brush so it doesn’t hold to much powder. I get rid of the powder on my hand and very lightly set the concealer immediately.” “Before we do anything for the eyes I’m going to curl the lashes. A good lash curler is very important to have—or a few of them in case you’re a makeup artist, because they have different kinds of curve and it’s very important to get the right fit for the eye.” “I’m using a black gel liner from Laura Mercier with a flat brush just to thicken the lash line…One thing to remember: this is not applied on the waterline. It’s only applied at the root of the lashes that way when you blink it doesn’t transfer on the bottom.” “As a base I used MAC Chilled On Ice. It’s a nice little cream with a tiny touch of shimmer, but it has hidden shimmer so it just looks like satin when you put it on. You can just use your fingers with it.” note: MAC’s Chilled On Ice is currently out-of-stock. To get a similar effect, try MAC’s Paint Pot in Painterly, which is a nude beige. “To open up the inner corner of the eyes I always use this beautiful rms cream shadow. It’s called Living Luminizer, and this can be used anywhere on the face.” “You can use any black eyeshadow, I’m using this beautiful black one from Laura Mercier. It’s a baked eyeshadow. I’m basically pulling the color from the lashes up and out—not too much in the middle, because we want to open up the eyes a little bit. To create a little bit of shadow on the crease you can bring in the color and just wipe it off so there’s a ghost of it left to create the shape without actually looking like you have a cut crease there. For mascara, Matin reaches for a fan favorite that lengthens and volumizes while keeping lashes looking light. “I’m going to add a little mascara. It’s the NARS Audacious mascara. It’s a good basic one to have.” “A lot of times, instead of doing heavy makeup, I usually try to layer lashes in a certain way to create shape for the eyes. That way you can cheat and not use a heavy liner or heavy makeup, and it looks very fresh and clean without looking like you have a lot on. Also, another tip is to blend in different length lashes, so I go from a medium to a short in order to make it look seamless.”

]]>http://raidargist.com/watch-angelina-jolies-makeup-artist-re-creates-one-of-her-red-carpet-looks-3/feed/030628Watch: Angelina Jolie's Makeup Artist Re-Creates One of Her Red Carpet Lookshttp://raidargist.com/watch-angelina-jolies-makeup-artist-re-creates-one-of-her-red-carpet-looks-2/
http://raidargist.com/watch-angelina-jolies-makeup-artist-re-creates-one-of-her-red-carpet-looks-2/#respondThu, 22 Feb 2018 02:21:35 +0000http://raidargist.com/watch-angelina-jolies-makeup-artist-re-creates-one-of-her-red-carpet-looks-2/Matin is a celebrity makeup artist who has enlivened and enhanced the features of A-list actresses like Claire Danes, Gal Gadot, and even Angelina Jolie. He approaches makeup like an art, creating looks that are as poised and elegant as the stars who wear them. Here he walks us through a look that he previously […]

Matin is a celebrity makeup artist who has enlivened and enhanced the features of A-list actresses like Claire Danes, Gal Gadot, and even Angelina Jolie. He approaches makeup like an art, creating looks that are as poised and elegant as the stars who wear them.

Here he walks us through a look that he previously created for one of Jolie’s many red carpet appearances. It features fresh skin, a neutral lip, and a darkly diffused smoky eye (in other words, it’s kind of Jolie’s trademark look). As expected, the end result is stunning. But rest assured that even though it looks complex and quite honestly like the closest thing to perfection we’ve ever seen, it’s not difficult to re-create. (We know because we tried it out for ourselves immediately after viewing this video.) Along the way, we’re able to see some of Matin’s most loved products, including a French face and body oil, a drugstore lip balm, and a handmade kajal eyeliner. To see everything for yourself, watch the full video above.

“Whenever I start makeup, I start with a good facial massage. Sometimes I use a face mask, depending on what the condition of the skin is. This one is an oil I’m using from Leonor Greyl, and it’s called Beauty Secret Oil. It’s a beauty oil that keeps the skin glowy, and it’s wonderful during the wintertime to keep everything looking fresh.” “I go right into a mattifying moisturizer just to get rid of the shine on the t-zone or wherever the skin gets super shiny,” he says. This one is from Chantecaille, and it’s an anti-pollution moisturizer, meaning that it minimizes the impact of damaging free radicals on your skin. Next he uses “a little bit of lip oil or lip balm.” He reaches for a vitamin enriched Chapstick product. “I usually let the lip soak the oil while I’m doing the makeup so it’s always nice and fresh.” “Foundation I use a little bit differently than most people. I use it only to even out the skin tone and not to really cover. The problem with covering too much is that you get that mask-y looking skin all over the face. It’s very important to use a smaller detailed brush or a sponge and only use it where you need to even out the tone, get rid of some redness, or take some of the sun damage out. But the foundation is not supposed to be used as a cover-up. That comes later with concealer.” “Next step is a concealer, and this is an important step, also. You want to choose a concealer that not only matches the skin but also a concealer that doesn’t cake and doesn’t get too heavy under the eyes especially.” Make sure you’re using the minimum amount that you need. “One of the biggest mistakes is using too much concealer, especially on the outer sides of the eyes.” “I’m using a little brightening powder by Laura Mercier here. I’m using a very fluffy synthetic brush so it doesn’t hold to much powder. I get rid of the powder on my hand and very lightly set the concealer immediately.” “Before we do anything for the eyes I’m going to curl the lashes. A good lash curler is very important to have—or a few of them in case you’re a makeup artist, because they have different kinds of curve and it’s very important to get the right fit for the eye.” “I’m using a black gel liner from Laura Mercier with a flat brush just to thicken the lash line…One thing to remember: this is not applied on the waterline. It’s only applied at the root of the lashes that way when you blink it doesn’t transfer on the bottom.” “As a base I used MAC Chilled On Ice. It’s a nice little cream with a tiny touch of shimmer, but it has hidden shimmer so it just looks like satin when you put it on. You can just use your fingers with it.” note: MAC’s Chilled On Ice is currently out-of-stock. To get a similar effect, try MAC’s Paint Pot in Painterly, which is a nude beige. “To open up the inner corner of the eyes I always use this beautiful rms cream shadow. It’s called Living Luminizer, and this can be used anywhere on the face.” “You can use any black eyeshadow, I’m using this beautiful black one from Laura Mercier. It’s a baked eyeshadow. I’m basically pulling the color from the lashes up and out—not too much in the middle, because we want to open up the eyes a little bit. To create a little bit of shadow on the crease you can bring in the color and just wipe it off so there’s a ghost of it left to create the shape without actually looking like you have a cut crease there. For mascara, Matin reaches for a fan favorite that lengthens and volumizes while keeping lashes looking light. “I’m going to add a little mascara. It’s the NARS Audacious mascara. It’s a good basic one to have.” “A lot of times, instead of doing heavy makeup, I usually try to layer lashes in a certain way to create shape for the eyes. That way you can cheat and not use a heavy liner or heavy makeup, and it looks very fresh and clean without looking like you have a lot on. Also, another tip is to blend in different length lashes, so I go from a medium to a short in order to make it look seamless.”